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Exposed to show tunes by her piano-playing salesman father, Stroman began studying dance, concentrating on jazz, tap, and ballet at the age of five. She majored in theatre at the University of Delaware; her first professional appearance was in Hit the Deck at the Goodspeed Opera House in 1974. After graduating in 1976, she moved to New York City. The University of Delaware (UD or UDel) is the largest university in the state of Delaware. ... Hit the Deck is a musical theater production first staged at the Belasco Theatre on Broadway on April 25, 1927. ... In 1959 an organization, the Goodspeed Musicals, was formed to restore the old Goodspeed Opera House, located in East Haddam, Connecticut, to its original Victorian appearance and elegance. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1974 calendar). ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1976 calendar). ... Nickname The Big Apple, The Capital of the World [1], Gotham Government Counties (Boroughs) Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Geographical characteristics Area  - City    - Land    - Water  - Urban  - Metro 1,214. ...

Stroman's first big break came when director Scott Ellis hired her to choreograph his off-Broadway revival of Flora the Red Menace at the Vineyard Theatre in Greenwich Village in 1987. Her work there was seen by Hal Prince, who hired her to work on the dance sequences for his New York City Opera production of Don Giovanni. She earned her first Broadway credit for her collaboration with director (and future husband) Mike Ockrent on Crazy for You in 1992. Off-Broadway plays or musicals are performed in New York City in smaller theatres than Broadway, but larger than Off-Off-Broadway, productions. ... This article should be split into multiple articles accessible from a disambiguation page. ... Flora the Red Menace is a 1965 musical by Kander and Ebb starring Liza Minnelli in the title role. ... The Washington Square Arch Greenwich Village (pronounced Grennich Village; also called simply the Village) is a largely residential area on the west side of downtown (southern) Manhattan in New York City. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Hal Prince (born January 30, 1928), full name Harold Smith Prince, is a American theatrical producer and director associated with many of the best-known Broadway musical productions of the past half-century. ... The New York City Opera (NYCO) is New York Citys second opera company (after the Metropolitan Opera). ... Don Giovanni is an opera in two acts with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte. ... Mike Ockrent Age: 53 award-winning British stage director known for his larger-than-life Broadway musicals, as well as his smaller niche plays. ... Playbill cover and advertising poster. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ...

Suffering two major failures with Big (1996) and Steel Pier (1997), Stroman was approached by Lincoln Center's artistic director Andre Bishop, who offered her assistance in developing the project of her choice. She and John Weidman, who had written the book for Big, began working on what would become the three-part "dance play" Contact. The show opened at Lincoln Center's Mitzi Newhouse Theater in the fall of 1999, and later transferred upstairs to the larger Vivian Beaumont Theater (where it was reclassified as a musical). Big is a 1988 comedy film which tells the story of a teenaged boy who is aged to adulthood by a magical fortune telling machine. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Steel Pier is a musical written by the songwriting team of Kander and Ebb. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center. ... John Weidman is an American librettist. ... Contact: The Musical is a musical that was developed by Susan Stroman and John Weidman. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... The Vivian Beaumont Theater is a Broadway theatre at the Lincoln Center. ...

While preparing for Mel Brooks' musical version for The Producers, Stroman's husband Ockrent lost his battle with leukemia, and she assumed the reins of the production. Its huge success - and record twelve Tony Awards - proved to be a bittersweet triumph for the grieving widow. In 2005, she made her directorial debut as a feature filmmaker with a big-screen adaption of that musical. Mel Brooks on the talk show Parkinson. ... ‹ The template below has been proposed for deletion. ... Leukemia or leukaemia (see spelling differences) is a cancer of the blood or bone marrow characterized by an abnormal proliferation of blood cells, usually white blood cells (leukocytes). ... What is popularly called the Tony Award® but is formally the Antoinette Perry Award is an annual American award celebrating achievements in theater, including musical theater. ...

Stage credits

• 1987 Flora, The Red Menace (Choreographer) (off-Broadway)
• 1989 Don Giovanni (Choreographer) (New York City Opera)
• 1990 A Little Night Music (Choreographer) (New York City Opera)
• 1991 And the World Goes 'Round (Conceiver/Choreographer) (off-Broadway)
• 1992 Crazy For You (Choreographer) (Broadway)
• 1994 Picnic (Choreographer of Musical Interludes) (Broadway)
• 1994 A Christmas Carol (Choreographer) (Madison Square Garden)
• 1994 Show Boat (Choreographer) (Broadway)
• 1994 Big (Choreographer) (Broadway)
• 1997 Steel Pier (Choreographer/Conceiver) (Broadway)
• 1998 Oklahoma! (Choreographer) (London)
• 1999 Contact (Director/Choreographer/Book Writer) (Broadway)
• 2000 The Music Man (Director/Choreographer) (Broadway)
• 2001 The Producers (Director/Choreographer) (Broadway)
• 2001 Thou Shalt Not (Director/Choreographer/Conceiver) (Broadway)
• 2002 Oklahoma! (Choreographer) (Broadway)
• 2004 The Frogs (Director/Choreographer) (Broadway)

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Awards and nominations

• 1992 Tony Award for Best Choreography for Crazy for You
• 1995 Tony Award for Best Choreography for Show Boat
• 1996 Tony Nomination for Best Choreography for Big
• 1997 Tony Nomination for Best Choreography for Steel Pier
• 2000 Tony Award for Best Choreography for Contact
• 2000 Drama Desk Award for Best Choreography for Contact
• 2000 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Direction for Contact
• 2000 Tony Nomination for Best Choreography for The Music Man
• 2000 Tony Nomination for Best Director for Contact
• 2000 Tony Nomination for Best Director for The Music Man
• 2001 Tony Award for Best Choreography for The Producers
• 2001 Tony Award for Best Director for The Producers
• 2001 Drama Desk Award for Best Director of a Musical for The Producers
• 2001 Drama Desk Award for Best Choreography for The Producers
• 2001 Drama League's Distinguished Achievement in Musical Theatre Award
• 2002 Laurence Olivier Award for Choreography for Oklahoma!
• 2002 Tony Nomination for Best Choreography for Oklahoma!